I agree regarding the title, but I would say the bit about safeguards is not entirely obvious. For example a webcam with a led indicator. If the led is in series with the image sensor, even if the firmware gets hacked the led would turn on when recording regardless of the computer it is connected to.
some of those that know what they're doing, do it through pihole. But a DNS sink is really not enough. Even blacklisting the MAC might not be enough. If it requires a key from a server it might even be necessary to hack the device if it's not a SoC and you can't defile or use M-x Butterflies
great way of seeing it! I think it like this: Almost all the energy that the earth has received had come from the sun, a bit from its core temperature, a bit from its rotation, a bit from moon's rotation and a bit from impacting objects. This solar energy was stored by living organisms as lower entropy organic matter through almost 4 bn years, reducing the amount of heating to the earth by using that energy in a controlled manner. All that "stored heat" is now being released in a span of centuries, and the cherry on top: producing green house gasses.
Or they can illegally use it to attack a law abiding person that had photos they dislike. Maybe that's the day they go rogue, maybe they were already crooked.
I agree regarding the title, but I would say the bit about safeguards is not entirely obvious. For example a webcam with a led indicator. If the led is in series with the image sensor, even if the firmware gets hacked the led would turn on when recording regardless of the computer it is connected to.